[mythtv-users] mysql access problem

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Thu Oct 13 17:40:20 EDT 2005


Martin West wrote:
> hhmm, I think I have found the problem. The default mysql installation
> 3.23.58. I have a local installation of 4.1 in /usr/local.
> 
> /usr/bin/mysql -u mythtv -p
> Enter password:
> ERROR 1251: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by
> server; consider upgrading MySQL client

Bruce Markey wrote:
> The "authentication protocol" error means that the current user
> doesn't have permission to use X11 so no window can be created.

Opps, I was thinking of another problem people often rreport but
this is a different error message. Never mind.

See www.mysql.org for the best information regarding MySQL stuff.

--  bjm


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